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We are a french familly with 2 children now 5 (9 and 13 year's old) .Our 3 old daughters are studiing away.
We live in a old farm close to Toulouse (15km) in the countryside. We have a big garden (approx. 6 acres).

SPECIALLY, at the moment we are looking for help with gardening ( lown mower...)
Normaly, In spring and summer (from April to November) we really need helpers motivated by gardening (like weeding, mowing...) and also some building and renovating. We also appreciate help in the kitchen, with cooking and cleaning commun areas, music lessons (guitare) ...
Usually everything goes fine, but we like to give ourselves a week to decide whether this is working or not, on our side, as well as on our guests' side. Aslo, we would better like hosting workawayers older than 20 years old.

We are very interested in discovering various cultures and will be very happy to share moments with you, and exchange about our respective cultures, languages, and gastronomies.
We really appreciate it when our guests teach us a recipe from their country. Guests who do not speak french are also welcome (we speak english and a bit of spanish).

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Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

You will learn french and also french cooking by leaving with us, and also gardening.

Arbeit

We are looking for helpers mostly for gardening and building but we also have many little jobs/tasks to do around renovation.
We would be happy to be helped with cooking.
We would appreciate helpers with building or gardening skills and people happy to live with us our french family life.
We would also appreciate English, mandarin or spanish lessons for our children ,

Moreover, we appreciate motivated and hardworking people and also selfsufficient ones .

We're non smokers and would rather host non smokers.

Gesprochene Sprachen

French, English

Unterkunft

We have a nice caravan in our garden which gives more independance. We also have one free room when children are on holidays!

Was noch ...

You can visit the city of Toulouse (old town, Airbus, museums...). Toulouse is 45 mins away from our house by bus and 12 mins with the train. The train station is 5 min away by car from our house and in that case i can drive you there easily. Carcassone (1 hour by car or train), Albi (1 Hour). There's a lot of cathar castles not too far away (1h). .
You can also have a walk all long the canal du midi and all around the country from our house. We can lend you bikes.

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I'd like to thank Julie and her family for the wonderful 2 weeks I spent with them! The family were really welcoming and kind to me. They took me to a concert and dancing in town and it was really fun. Thank you!!

Somehow I seem to have managed to miss giving feedback on my stay with Julie and family. It was a very pleasant stay with not just the family, but other Workawayers coming and going as well. I felt made to feel welcome and at home, and included in the family life.
I enjoyed the work, not least the range of tasks I had to do. I also enjoyed the… read more trips out with the family, which they very kindly included me on.
Thank you Julie and co., and sorry for not providing well deserved feedback before now.

We had a great time with Dorothéa. Dorothéa is a good cook and helped me a lot in the kitchen and housekeeping. My children really appreciated her. She also helped us with gardening, always happy to help.
Thanks Dorothéa.. and come back one day:)!
julie

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13.10.2015

Vom Host für Workawayer (Mykola)

We had a great time with Mykola. He is a very nice guy, very quiet and always smiling, and also always ok to learn new skills.All what he's doing is really well done! Thanks Myko for your help.
We wish you lots of new volontary expériences!!

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01.10.2015

Vom Workawayer (Mykola) für Host

Dear Julie and Co,

Thanks to you I’ve realized my dream of getting to know France better (1), enjoyed country side and nature (2), improved my French (3) and met wonderful people (4).

Now I would like to describe each of the 4 points mentioned above more detailed.

(1) The Midi Pyrenees is now my favorite part of France. :) I’ve visited… read more Toulouse, Carcassonne, Albi. Walking on the narrow stoned streets, regarding sun playing in the windows of ancient houses you can enjoy the history around you and astonish the architecture. But besides of that I liked the people here. They were always helpful (for example I was regarding a city map in Toulouse as a man asked me “May I help you, monsieur?” or as I asked a bus driver how to get to the railway station he drove me 5 minutes in the right direction for free and then showed me the way) and cheerful. Especially Toulouse charmed me: its parks where people arrange pique-niques, dance, play football, other games or just relax (savoir vivre), its magnificent churches and marvelous Garonne banks.

(2) My tasks belonged to the gardening domain: feeding the animals, digging, cutting, protecting the trees, harvesting, adding up the wood, etc. It was sometimes a little bit tiring for me because I had almost no gardening experience before. But I’ve learned a lot of things and now looking back (and sitting in front of my laptop :)) I really miss the work outside, wind and sun, the garden and the fruit trees, sheeps and of course les poules. :)

(3) The whole family are lovely people who were always patient to my French (merci!) and answered a lot of “language questions”. Julie, Damien and the older kids speak English, the younger kids – not yet. And I think it was a perfect mix. So in conversations with adults if couldn’t explain myself in French I switched to English and it was great to have some practice of English, otherwise I improved my French. Especially the youngest kids were the best teachers (for example Romane explained me “dur c’est comme ca” [points to the table] and “dou c’est comme ca” [points to the pillow]). :)

(4) I’ve had a big luck with Julie, Damien and their children. It’s a great family from which you can learn a lot. All family members are open-minded and helpful in all situations. I felt very comfartbale with you guys! Special thank @Julie for sac de couchage, bouillotte, amazing meals and and and.. Julie is a “femme orchestre”. I don’t know how you manage all your tasks with so much energy and with a smile. Chapeau!

Hi!
So late, but still, I am really glad I had the chance to meet you all! I had a great time there, I recommend everyone to work with you and I am sure we will meet again quite soon! I still need a lot of practice for my french and I love working while travelling!
Thank you all for everything, you were lovely!
Chiara

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07.08.2014

Vom Host für Workawayer (Chiara)

Hi Chiara,
I've been very busy that´s why I'm late to thanks you so much for all the help you gave us! All the family really appréciated you for your Happy temper , your dynamism and your kindness.
Just come back whenever you want young lady!!
Julie and damien

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06.09.2014

Vom Workawayer (Joe) für Host

Apologies for the late feedback, I really enjoyed the company of Julie, Damien and the kids - they were a very welcoming and charming family :) The work was pretty straight forward - driving the tractor was really enjoyble! I think I did learn a fair bit of french in the short time I was there (despite what Julie might think!). I would definitly… read more recommend this place, thanks
Joe

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07.08.2014

Vom Host für Workawayer (Jennifer)

Hi Unchen (Jennifer!),
We were very lucky to meet a nice person like you! Always quiet, and ready to give an hand, once With gardening, once With cooking, babysitting, removing...
We were very Happy to discover a bit of your nice country That we hope we' ll discover one day;)!!!
Even if it's far away from your place, we hope wéll meet you one… read more day again . Also, just come back whenever you want!!
Julie & famuly

So sorry for my late!we were very Happy to host you Rahel and to meet a bit of your cultur! Thanks for your help in gardening principally. We appréciated also your quiet temper, easy going way of Life!
We wish you new others
expériences!!
See you another Time maybe?
Julie

Julie et al were a great first experience with workaway! Really lovely! Julie is especially wonderful superwoman who manages everything and also cooks really nice healthy meals! :) I hope to keep in touch and hopefully find correspondences for the kids in Canada !)

Thank YOU! because i´ve spent 2 wonderfull weeks there, and thanks to those teenagers ( and your patience i improved considerably my french ). It has been great to meet a proper french family, and to feel as one member more. Thanks for all the things that you taught me there, and of couse, it was my pleasure to show you a bit of our gastronomy, i… read more hope that your omelettes are getting better and better, and the gazpacho as well! by the way, today i spoke with my ex french teacher, and hopefully, he ll manage to get an exchange for Pauline :D. so i ll let you know as soon as he contact me.
It has been a really nice place to stay, it is quite close to toulose, the house is worderfull, and the family, once that the girls start speaking "moins vite" everything is easier hahaha, and the smallest kids are just wonderfull, buuut, they re tireless, so i dont recomend this house unless u love to play and spend time with kids. But if u´re fine with that, i recomend this place because you will feel realy confortable there!
Thanks for everything!!! Alexis! take care young fella!!! keep playing chess!
Gón!

We were very Happy to meet you Gon! A bit of Spain came to our place With your kind of beeing, your wonderfull tortilla....! Everyone in the family appréciated you because of your kindness, your patience and your really good temper! Also your help has been precious : cutting Wood blocks, gardening and also renovating an old wall..teatching one of… read more our teen-ager ;)) and having nice moments With our son (so Happy to have a big Guy at home!:)) )
Even if we hope you'll visit us again, we wish you plenty other expériences !...

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04.11.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Helen)

Helen is a very nice girl, specially well behaved and always happy to help. She has been a good help for housekeeping, teaching children, cooking and taking care of children. Thanks Helen for your "so british style" that we appreciated !!
Good luck for all your workawayers experiences!!

Julie and Damien

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21.09.2013

Vom Workawayer (YU-TING ) für Host

Hi jUlie,

i cant believe that it's been one month and half since we have seen each other. I still miss you and your family until now.This summer vacation, i stayed for 4 family and this one is absolutely one of the best!!! I often start to work at 9 o'clock for gardening and take a break whenever the temperaure become too hot. And the… read more afternoon, i usually do the housekeeping or go swimming!!(I just cant believe this family love swimming so much :D)
And the nights, Julie always cooks the best dinner !!!And we can chat during the dinner time. I do really recommend this family to all the people !!!

Viviane

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11.09.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (YU-TING )

Hi Viviana,

Sorry for our long absence. We were on holidays!!
Thanks so much for your help : gardening, helping with children, housekepping...We really appreciete your nice and happy temper !!
Full of energy, Viviana was alwways ready and happy to give an hand!!
Thanks a lot Viviana
Come back whenever you want!!

Julie&co

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12.09.2013

Vom Workawayer (Magdalena) für Host

I had a wonderful time staying with your family. Thank you for the great hospitality,all the good conversations and the wonderful meals. I felt like a part of the family from the very beginning! I loved working in the garden, helping in the house and spending time with the kids. You are such a fantastic family! I would love to meet you again some… read more time!

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06.09.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Magdalena)

We were very happy to meet you Magdalena even if it was a short time. We really appreciated your happyness and easygoing temper .Always ready to help!one time cooking, one time gardening and tiding .Everyone in the family just loved her.
Come back whenever you want Magdalena !!
Julie & co

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03.08.2013

Vom Workawayer (Marta) für Host

Hi everyone!!! This was my first workaway experience and I wish all my next could be so wonderful. You are a fantastic family, full of energy, good spirit and kindness. I felt your closeness from the moment I arrived. I was so pleased to see how important the cultural exchange was for you and the real interest you had in my life and well-being.… read more From Clém to Roman, all the children are full of virtues and I have no doubts that they will have a promising future. I miss the "watch a movie" time, the spanish-french lessons, Alexi's delicious chocolate cakes, Clarisse's dances and songs, playing cache-cache with Roman, Jullie's efforts to improve my french, and of course, the healthy and fantastic food!! You can't imagine how grateful I am to all of you for making this 2 weeks unforgetable for me. I really hope to see you again, in Spain may be?? :)Llots of love!

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25.07.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Marta)

Hi Marta,

Thanks for all the good good time passed with you !We already miss you !!

Marta has been a real perfect workawayer for us. So friendly she has been nice with everyone in the family, always with a very good temper, smiling and happy. She is really adaptable and knew how to get in contact with each child: one time giving spanish… read more lessons, one time just drawing with them...She is an hardworker girl ,responsable, always proposing her helps ! Marta helped us in the garden and the landry very well.
Time was too short with you Marta. Just come back whenever you want but please... with the "tortilla de patata" recipie next time !! :)

We wish you plenty of nice workawayers experiences!!
Julie and Family !!
Thanks again Marta

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28.07.2013

Vom Workawayer (Tamara) für Host

Bonjour,chere Julie,Damien,votre enfants! I am very happy to have my first experience,as a workawayer at your home.I have had a nice feeling to be treated,as a family member.Dear Julie,I wish,your dream to have a big nice garden comes true!
Thank you very much!

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27.06.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Tamara)

It was a pleasure to meet you Tamara. We were very happy to discover a bit of your culture, to taste nice meals from your country. You really helped me with all housekeeping. It was even difficult to make you stop ironing !! what a hardworking you are Tamara!!
Thanks again for your big help !
We wish you many others workaway's adventures… read more !
We'll be happy to hear from you !

Hi Auryn,
You've been quicker than us !!
It's a pitty there's no mention better than "excellent" to describe how Auryn was at home! It has been for us from far the best workaway experience we had for next reasons : first Auryn was really kind with everyone of the family, with a lot of patience and know-how to tame children (spending good time… read more with us, drawing...); He's now Alexis's best old friend !!;
Also because he has been very very good at gardening and tinker everything !! As good as Damien...!! So a very big help!!
He has got qualities so important for us: kindness,adaptable, organised, hard worker, honest..

We wish you many other workaway experiences even if we're already ready to host you again !!

I'd like to say thank you very very much for the wonderful time, I could spend here! It was really the best workaway experience I ever had!

Loumatel is really a little paradise. I loved the big garden and the sheeps. Everyone in the family is very loveable and I was very quick part of the family. I loved that you… read more were so interested in my live and asked so much. It was very interesting to discuss and a good french-practice.
I miss you all very much.

Also the work I loved very much. I already miss the mowing and all the interesting works around the house and in the beatiful garden.

I'll come back as soon as possible!

Bisous
Auryn

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09.07.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (chujing)

Hi Céline,
We really wanted to thanks you a lot for all the help you give us : principally for gardening ( you did a good job with cleaning bushes and trees...) and also cooking (i still have some chinese ingredients and don't know what to do with !:) ). We also appreciated your quiet and adaptable temper .
Thanks again Céline and good way back… read more to China !
Julie

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03.06.2013

Vom Workawayer (Wei Mei) für Host

I had a great time staying with this lively family, everyone in the family is so friendly and kind, especially Julie who had helped me a lot for my French. She had also brought me to her choir practice session which I find very interesting. I had enjoyed working in the garden under the sun. It´s a pity that I couldn´t stay longer with them. But… read more this is definitely a right place for those who would like to practise your Frnch and experience the real French culture. Thanks for the great time, Julie. I will think about you and your family :)

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14.05.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Wei Mei)

We were very happy to meet you Mei and speak about Malaysia!Thanks a lot Mei for your good help inthe garden!We really appreciated your motivation to help us, and also your tempered (quiet, considerate,adaptable, discreet and also hardworking);
We wish you a lot of nice new experiences!

Bye
Julie and Damian

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22.02.2013

Vom Workawayer (Emilie) für Host

ok, where to start...from the first day I arrived, I already felt warm by their hospitality, they are all lovely people and really really nice. Julie has the most beautiful voice I've ever heard, her chorus is amazing! She is also a great french teacher who helped me a lot with my french, thanks ;) ! Damien is really thoughtful and hardworking, I… read more hope the house can be finished soon! many thanks to Clémentine for showing me the city of Toulouse and also invited me to ski, though eventually, we didn't go because of the bad weather... Pauline, who has beautiful curly hair and is a expert in making handicrafts, thank you for accompany me to Toulouse, I really enjoyed the candy store and the droguerie! Clarisse, the brilliant chef of the house, the great flamingo dancer, thank you for spending so mush time with me, I really enjoyed every moment I spent with you :) Alexis, the smartest boy who learned chinese characters so fast, you are a genius! Romane, the little pricesse who loves singing, I enjoyed drawing with you:) I remember the time that you play music and the whole family singing with the sound of the guitar, I loved it. Also, I will never forge the movie time with the girls. Thanks for let me participate in your daily life, I really appreciate it. Many love from Taiwan and best wishes for all of you :)

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12.02.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Emilie)

It was a real pleasure to meet you Emilie. We were very happy to discover a bit of your culture! Your help at home was a real help! You have lots of qualities: you're concientious, adaptable and tolerant.I 've appreciated a lot your help with housekepping and also cooking. Child already miss you.Clarisse was so happy to learn new recipies and the… read more 4 others still speek about you telling you were so friendly!
We hope you lots of new workawayers experiences...and we would love you to meet us again!
Bye
Julie and Damien

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08.02.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Alex)

Hi Alex,
Sorry for my long silence. I really wanted to write to you a feedback to thanks you for your help in September; September was for us a busy month with some familly tensions because of the start academic year! You really helped the girls (specially Clarisse who was begginer) with English and me at home for cleaning...
We wish you new… read more workawayers experiences!

Bye

Julie

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07.01.2013

Vom Host für Workawayer (Douglas)

We were very happy to meet Douglas who's a very open -minded and friendly guy. He was very nice and patient with our children . He helped us well with coocking and gardening and also to stock all our wood logs for winter time!
We hope to meet you again Douglas!

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02.12.2012

Vom Workawayer (Douglas) für Host

This 'famille formidable' hosted me for three weeks in October. They live in a confortable and organized house in a beautiful countryside, from where you can easily reach the center of Toulouse.

The food is very good and healthy! I ate great cakes! :P

When children are at home there is always something to do and how to pass the time so… read more enjoyable! In the garden always has some little work to do.

They always make you feel at home and they engaged me in all activities of the house, and Julie helped me a lot with French!

My experience was amazing!

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02.08.2012

Vom Workawayer (Malvina) für Host

A GREAT family to stay with! They are all so welcoming I felt I was one of them as soon as I walked in. And although the comunication started being a bit more complicated, my French has drammatically improved as soon as they decided not to speak English with me anymore...
Great company, lovely surroundings, relaxing works: what else could you… read more want? A really lively, joyful, energetic household you won't get bored in - a plus if you enjoy singing and playing board games ;)

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26.07.2012

Vom Host für Workawayer (Malvina)

We've been so happy to meet you Malvina! You really miss all of us, specially Alexis!!We really appreciate your enjoyment of life, your adaptability, your disponibility being with our family and moreover your willpower to work and help us ! The garden wouldn't have been in that state without your help...and what a lasagna we tasted!!
Thank you so… read more much also for the good time you had with children! Even if i hope you a lot of new experiences, we would love to host you again!Bye!

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18.07.2012

Vom Host für Workawayer (Iokasti)

Iokasti and Antonis,
We were very happy to meet tou and discover your nice culture. We really appreciate your help in carpentry and in cooking!! we also appreciate your calm and the way you were with our children. Thanks a lot for this nice meeting and hope to see you another day!
Julie and Damien

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17.07.2012

Vom Workawayer (Iokasti) für Host

Julie, Damien and their 5 kids make a great family and a perfect host. Its been a pleasure staying and working with them. Being so friendly and open-minded made us feel like home. We would definitely suggest them to any workawayer who would like to live in the french countryside. We hope that our shed will make it through many many winters and we… read more may meet again sometime in the future. Iokasti-Antonis